Adjustable picture-hanger.



J. DEGAN.

ADJUSTABLB' PIGTURE HANGEB.

APPLIOATION PILED DEO. 23, 1908.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT orron.

JOHN DEGAN, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADJUSTABLE PICTURE-HANGER.

To all 'whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, JOHN DEGAN, citizen of the United States, residingat RoXbury, in the county of Sufiolk and State of Massa chusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Picture-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful mprovements in devices forhangng pictures and the like, and an object thereof is to produce acheap and simple adjustable picture-hanger so that a picture-framehaving the device attached thereto can be readily adjusted to any angledesired.

Another object of my invention is to produce a new and improved hangerof the character specified which may be easily attached to frames anddevices of all kinds which are customarily hung upon the wall, andproperly support the same.

The invention further consists of the novel features and details ofConstruction which hereinafter Will be set forth, illustrated, andclaimed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of the specification: Figure 1is a side vew, showing a picture-frame with my invention appliedthereto, showing the hanger adjusted to give a slight inclination to theframe; Fig. 2 is a similar View with the hanger adjusted to giveconsiderable inclination to the frame; Fg. 3 represents a rear view ofan upper corner of a picture-frame, with my improved hanger appliedthereto; and, Fig. t is an enlarged perspective View of a hangerembodying my invention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

l represents a picture-frame, and 2 a wall or support to which it ishung.

I attach to the back of the frame l, at each side thereof a hanger, thesame being formed out of a single length of wire 3; or it may be made offiat metal. The wire 3 or other material to be used is bent at regularintervals to form a series of loops 4 and one of its ends is bentlaterally to form an attaching point 5, which may be screw threaded asshown. The other end of the wire 3 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 28, 1908.

Serial No. 469,555.

bent to form an eye 6 which is disposed at right angles to the attachingpoint 5. The point 5 is driven or screwed into the frame l and the otherend of the wire is Secured thereto by means of a screw, tack, or otherfastening means 7 being passed through the eye 6, and into the frame.The crossing portions of the wire forming the loops 4 are spaced apart,as at 8, whereby the loop 9 of a suspending-cord 10 may be readilypassed from one loop to another. If, for example, it is desired tochange the inclination of the frame, this may be easily and quicklyclone by passing the loop 9 from one loop to another. If the loop ismoved npwardly, the angle between the frame and the wall is lessened,while if it is moved downwardly this angle is increased. Thisarrangement may be used in connection With a single suspending-cord,looped over a support, or when two separate suspending-cords are usedone is attached to each side of the frame. If the top edge of the frameis not horizontal, and it is desired to straighten it up, this may bedone by simply moving one of the loops until the proper result issecured.

I have used the term picture-frame in the specification and claim forpurposes of convenience, for I use the term in its broad sense tocomprehend and include frames and devices of all lrinds which arecustomarily hung upon the wall.

It will be seen that by this Construction a simple, cheap, and eiiicientmeans is provided for hanging picture-frames and by means of which suchframes can be easily and quickly adjusted to any desired position.

It is to be understood that the suspending cord may be provided with aring, indicated at 11 Fig. 3, to engage With the hanger and therebyprevent the cord from cutting through and enabling the same to be morereadly passed from one loop t to another in the adjustment of thesuspending cord.

. Having thus described the invention what I claim as new is 2- As anarticle of manufacture, a picture frame hanger comprising a length ofwire having an eye formed at one end and a threaded portion disposedupon the opposite end thereof for securing said length of wire to aframe, said wire being turned over at Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

equ-dsta1`t points throughout its ength to form a pluralty of loops foradjustably engagng a cord for supporting the frame, the crossed portonsof said length of wre formng said loops being spaced &part to admt ofthe passage of the cord longtudnally of the same;

fstmony Whereof I aflx my sgnatufe in presence of two witnesses.

I JOHN DEGrAN.- [11. 5.]

XVt-neSSs FRANGIS JOSEPH ODERMATT, FREDERICK JAMES WATER&

